No Nukes Study You don’t need to be a nuclear physicist to understand that nuclear weapons and nuclear power are both bad for our species and bad for the planet. It’s not exactly rocket science to understand our need to move away from both nuclear energy and fossil fuels and toward a safe, sustainable, and democratic energy system based on solar, wind, and other renewable resources. However, given the powerful economic interests, often called the “Merchants of Death,” which profit from United States nuclear weapons and the rest of the U.S. war machine and which exert an undue and undemocratic influence on U.S. policy through making us accept the nuclear/fossil fuel complex, it is wise to arm oneself with a better understanding of nuclear and sustainable energy issues. The literature is vast, both published and on the web. Here is a listing of some of the most important internet resources, most of which have additional links. Atomic Archive. This site explores the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb. Includes a good section on the history of the Cold War. http://www.atomicarchive.com/index.shtml Fiat Pax is a project to provide information to university students, faculty, and the public regarding the militarization of science and the university, focusing on the University of California and its ties to the military enterprise, but also examples of the larger military- industrial-academic complex. http://www.fiatpax.net/index.html Greenpece International. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/nuclear/ Mothers for Peace, in San Luis Obispo, is a non-profit organization concerned with the local dangers involving the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, and with the dangers of nuclear power, weapons and waste on national and global levels. http://www.mothersforpeace.org/ Nader.org – Nuclear Nightmere. http://www.nader.org/index.php?/archives/2251-Nuclear-Nightmare.html Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (Santa Barbara, Calif.) features articles and position papers on nuclear weapons control and nuclear waste disposal. http://www.wagingpeace.org/ Ten Strikes Against Nuclear Power. http://www.greenamerica.org/programs/climate/dirtyenergy/nuclear.cfm The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility (San Luis Obispo) works to educate and protect the citizens of California the dangers of radioactive contamination. http://a4nr.org/ Tri-Valley CAREs. (Livermore) Communities Against a Radioactive Environment is located near the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which has been designing nuclear warheads, and leaking radioactive material into the neighborhood, for many decades. http://www.trivalleycares.org/ United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a pronuke source with useful background information on its students’ site. logo is friendly little atom explaining things http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students.html Western States Legal Foundation (WSLF), based in Oakland, was formed to provide legal support to the Abalone Alliance. It continues to monitors and analyzes U.S. nuclear weapons programs and policies. http://www.wslfweb.org/ Women's Energy Matters (Marin County) advocates ratepayers at the CPUC for Clean energy, Healthy food, & Caring communities. http://www.womensenergymatters.org/ www.nonukes.org A global library of information and links about nuclear power, nuclear weapons,! nuclear waste contamination, and citizen action for sustainable energy and !human survival. http://www.nonukes.org/ .